gcc in Solaris

[Paul Kendall]

Actually, ranlib scans through the objects in an archive (produced by
ar)
and create a symbol table for all of said objects and puts that into
the archive.  It makes linking faster.

Solaris and other SYSV unices dont need ranlib, they have a '-s' flag
to ar to generate the symdef file.  Usually, on these systems,
ranlib will be defined as echo in the makefile.

Cheers,
Paul Kendall
Product Development Manager
Orion Systems New Zealand Ltd


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	ISC Guillermo Dominguez Aguilar [SMTP:guido@lux.labinf.uaa.mx]
> Sent:	Thursday, September 18, 1997 6:51 AM
> To:	Valerie Castelain
> Cc:	Jan Lessner; 	
> Subject:	Re: gcc in Solaris
> 
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> On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, Valerie Castelain wrote:
> 
> > At 09:07 17/09/97 +0200, you wrote:
> > >Hi
> > >> I saw that omniOrb2 can be compiled to Solaris
> > >> platform using Sun SparcCompiler C++.
> > >> Can I compile omniOrb2 with GNU C++ Compiler in Solaris ?
> > >Yes, you can, at least with version 2.7.2 (not 2.7.0!!). It
> compiles
> > >just perfectly.
> > >
> > >Cheers,
> > >
> > >	Jan
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I tried to compile OmniORB2 with Solaris 2.4 and GNU C++ 2.7.2 and
> it failed:
> > when executing "make install", at the line "+ ranlib libast.a",  it
> tells
> > "sh: ranlib: not found" that leads to a fatal error ...
> > 
> > What's "ranlib" ?
> 
> ranlib is the tool to make a compiled objet a library, if you don't
> have,
> you need get it to make a proper compilation.
> A long time ago, we have the same problem (in the UAA) so, the
> solution
> is:
> 
> a) search in the software repositories for Solaris 2.x for the ranlib
> command.
> 
> b) tell me if you want to send to you the ranlib we have. (via mail).
>  
> > Thanks,
> 
> PD. En espaniol seria mejor, pero.. pues ya ves...
> 
> EL GUIDO.